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WS643: Jake Schepps and Harpeth Rising JAKE SCHEPPS has made a name for himself as a banjo renaissance man, an artist with not only an adroit touch on his instrument but an intrepid, imaginative vision for contemporary stringband music. Although a student of traditional and progressive bluegrass styles as a player, Schepps has stretched beyond those genres to take his place alongside the Punch Brothers, Matt Flinner and other notables in a field the Colorado-based banjoist likes to call simply "new acoustic music." His ventureso ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS642: Michael Martin Murphey and Horse Crazy Cowgirl BandMICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY's song "Wildfire" was one of the biggest pop hits of the 70's. He returns to the WoodSongs stage with a brand new bluegrass CD called 'Tall Grass & Cool Water.' It's his third album in this Grammy nominated series that explores the similarities between Bluegrass and American Cowboy Music. This "singing cowboy poet", is not only the number one, best-selling singer/ songwriter of American Cowboy Music, he's one of the world's most respected singer/ songwriters in the Po ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS641: Keith Medley and Donna UlisseKEITH MEDLEY is a Kentucky native and plays one of the most unusual instruments that we've ever come across. It's a one-of-a-kind 27-string guitar that Steve designed himself. In the late 70's his band opened for up-and-comers like George Strait, Johnny Paycheck, Ed Bruce, Rita Coolidge, Neil Young and many more from that era. When Keith got off the road in the late 80s he focused on another passion, building and repairing guitars. He eventually went to work for one of the largest guitar co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS640: John Gorka and Eliza Gilkyson, Blitz the AmbassadorJOHN GORKA AND ELIZA GILKYSON are considered two of the best contemporary Singer/songwriters touring today. These longtime friends recently teamed up with Lucy Kaplansky to form the super folk group Red Horse. The trio's self titled debut CD was released last year and it became an instant folk classic and a big hit with fans.
JOHN GORKA is a world-renowned singer-songwriter who was raised in New Jersey and came out of New York City's Greenwich Village folk scene that produced such songwrit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS639: Time For Three and Tangletown TrioTIME FOR THREE returns to the WoodSongs stage with their groundbreaking, category-shattering music that rises beyond traditional classification, with elements of classical, country western, gypsy and jazz idioms forming a blend all its own. This young, dynamic trio of classically trained string musicians transcends traditional performance genres. In concert, a bluegrass standard like Orange Blossom Special may be followed by a gypsy-tinged Csardas. The band is equally comfortable offering t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS638: Ollabelle and GoitseOLLABELLE is a multi-talented, democratic collective whose participants share vocal and songwriting duties. This New York quintet draws from a deep well of gospel, blues, bluegrass, and country influences to create timelessly resonant music that honors the integrity of its sources while remaining effortlessly contemporary. Emmylou Harris said of the band, "Every time I hear something on the radio I truly love, it's Ollabelle." The band has emerged from a five year period of great artistic a ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS637: Woody Pines and Colin O'BrienWOODY PINES transports you to the Mississippi Delta when AM radio was king with his energetic brand of Roots Music, Ragtime, Country Blues, and Viper Jazz. The band; comprised of Woody on guitar, banjo, harmonica and lead vocals, Zack Pozebanchuk on upright bass, Nathan Taylor on drums, and Darin Gentry on fiddle; epitomizes the Dixieland sound and embraces a simpler time. If Pines' elegantly-disheveled fedora and vintage resonator guitar don't set the mood (both are strongly suggestive of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS636: The Hillbenders and Al Petteway & Amy WhiteTHE HILLBENDERS are undeniably the hottest young band on the acoustic scene. Claiming the championship title at the 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition helped put The HillBenders on the map, and their recent victory at the 2010 National Single Microphone Championships prove that they continue to be a force to be reckoned with. These buzz-worthy bluegrass whiz-kids are quickly rising above many of their peers and gaining international recognition for their aggressive combination of con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS635: Nu Blu and Darin & Brooke AldridgeNU BLU is a great bluegrass band fronted by husband and wife team Daniel and Carolyn Routh and are creating quite a stir in the bluegrass community. In 2011, Nu-Blu was again nominated by the Carolina Music Awards and geared up for their new album, THE BLU-DISC on Pinecastle Records. The label has released the first single, "Other Woman's Blues" written by Kira Small and providing a unique twist on Dolly Parton's hit song "Jolene."
DARIN AND BROOKE ALDRIDGE is a rising bluegrass duo, newl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS634: Hot Tuna and Mountain HeartHOT TUNA is founding members of the legacy rock band Jefferson Airplane, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady. They have just released their first studio record in 20 years "Steady As She Goes" on Red House Records and will be performing on WoodSongs in a special acoustic performance to celebrate the album. From their days playing together as teenagers to their current acoustic and electric blues, probably no one has more consistently led American music for the last 50 years. The pair began playi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS633: Vintage Wildflowers and Hoots & HellmouthVINTAGE WILDFLOWERS is a Tulsa Oklahoma-based trio of women that has developed an enthusiastic legion of fans with their vibrant blend of Celtic harp, Irish flute, fiddle and harmony vocals. Mix in bits of mandolin, whistle, guitar and banjo and you have an idea of what it's like to spend an evening with these women. Their second CD, "Lovely Madness" was released in the spring of this year.
HOOTS & HELLMOUTH is a Philadelphia-based roots music act whose music brings together the passion o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS632: Blame Sally and The Twilite BroadcastersBLAME SALLY is one of the most powerful word-of-mouth success stories in recent years.. Each of the four women put her individual career aside to start Blame Sally in the San Fransisco Bay-area when they were in their late thirties and forties – the age at which bands are traditionally supposed to break up and begin solo careers. Their latest CD is "Speeding Ticket and a Valentine" released on Ninth Street Opus.
THE TWILITE BROADCASTERS continues the longstanding tradition of two part ru ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS631: Rockin' Acoustic Circus and KJ DenhertROCKIN' ACOUSTIC CIRCUS are building quite a buzz in the world of bluegrass and have quickly become one of Oklahoma's hottest up-and-coming bands. They are turning heads with an over-flowing talent pool and musicianship beyond their years. Comprised of four teens (one a female cellist) and a musical veteran, this ensemble is wowing crowds and critics alike. Quickly morphing from a popular regional favorite into a group with nationally recognized aspirations, the band was recently named as o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS630: Celebration of Unusual Instruments featuring Peter Hedlund, Maeve Gilchrist, Andy Cohen & Dick Boak PETER "PUMA" HEDLUND is considered Sweden's leading traditional player of the modern chromatic nyckelharpa, having won the title World Champion twice, in 1992 and 2000. The nyckelharpa is a traditional Swedish instrument that has been played for more than 600 years. Peter just won Sweden's most prestigious folk award, Zorn badge in Gold "for masterpiece, brilliant and tradition consciously key harp playing."
MAEVE GILCHRIST is a master of the Celtic harp. She was born and raised in Edinbur ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS629: Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, The Kids of BluegrassDOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER are one of Bluegrass' most honored and revered masters. He got his start in bluegrass music in 1963 when he played banjo for Jimmy Martin. In 1966, he started working with JD Crowe in Lexington, KY where he played guitar and later switched to mandolin. In 1971, Doyle formed his own band, Quicksilver. This award winning ensemble has picked up the IBMA Award for best vocal group an unprecedented seven years in a row. Doyle is also the recipient of the National Endow ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS628: Carolyn Wonderland and The David Mayfield ParadeCAROLYN WONDERLAND is a musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis Joplin and the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray Vaughn. She is a multi-award winning artist from Texas recently named Austin's Best Blues Band at the 2009 Austin Music Awards where Carolyn picked up the award for Best Female Vocalist! She's performed with Bob Dylan, she's toured with Buddy Guy and Johnny Winter. Carolyn has seven releases of her own including her latest 'Miss Understood' produced by nine-tim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS627: Guitar Shorty and Tracy NelsonGUITAR SHORTY is a giant in the blues world. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings. Through the years, Shorty has performed with blues and R&B luminaries like Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, B.B. King, Guitar Slim and T-Bone Walker. His recordings all received massive critical acclaim, and his renowned live performances have kept him constantly in demand ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS626: Rhonda Vincent and Gene WatsonRHONDA VINCENT AND GENE WATSON have two of the greatest voices in both country and bluegrass music. Each possess an impressive list of credentials with Gene Watson's 23 Top 10 & 6 Number One Country Hits. Rhonda Vincent as the Most Awarded Artist in Bluegrass Music with over 80 awards; including a record breaking 10 consecutive SPBGMA Entertainer of the Year Awards and 7 consecutive IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year Awards! The "Queen of Bluegrass" (as crowned by the WALL Street Journal) and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS625: The Blind Boys of AlabamaTHE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA return to the WoodSongs stage with a brand new album "Take The High Road." The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The Grammys and The National Endowment for the Arts with Lifetime Achievement Awards and winners of five Grammy® Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 60 years and shows no signs of diminishing. The new CD is a country/gospel album co-produce ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS624: Tommy EmmanuelTOMMY EMMANUEL is one of the true master guitar players in the world and returns to the WoodSongs stage with The Australian All-Star Band featuring his brother, Phil Emmanuel. Tommy left Australia nearly fifteen years ago to tour the world relentlessly as a solo guitarist. What most fans outside Australia don't know is that his career began playing alongside his equally talented older brother Phil. The Emmanuel Brothers are celebrating 50 years of performing music. This dynamic show premier ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS623: Milkdrive and BettySoo & Doug CoxMILKDRIVE is an Alt-folk-progressive acoustic string band that is generating quite a buzz in the Austin music scene. The band features several award winning musicians. Dennis Ludiker, who has toured with Asleep at the Wheel, won the 2009 RockyGrass Mandolin Contest and holds titles as the 2010 World Fiddle Champion, 2009 and 2008 Texas State-Fiddlers Frolics and 2002 Walnut Valley Music Festival Winner. Brian Beken was 2004 Texas Flatpick Guitar Champion. Noah Jeffries won a Lionel Hampton ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS622: Janiva Magness and The Honey DewdropsJANIVA MAGNESS returns to WoodSongs on the heels of FOUR major Blues Awards for 2011 including: BB King Entertainer Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year, and Contemporary Blue Album Of The Year. Although Magness is now a bona fide blues star, her rise to the top was far from easy. She has been performing for almost three decades, logging thousands of miles on the road and appearing 150 nights a year at clubs, theaters and festivals all over the world. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS621: Acoustic Eidolon and Hymn for HerACOUSTIC EIDOLON is Joe Scott on double neck guitjo and Hannah Alkire on cello. They are from Colorado and have graced stages throughout the US, Europe, Australia, Canada, and are a WoodSongs fan favorite. With nine CDs and a DVD to their credit, these masterful artists continue to captivate audiences throughout the world with their signature "new acoustic" sound and boundless possibilities in blending Celtic, Folk, World & Latin music influences, something that Dirty Linen Magazine praises ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS620: Holly Golightly and Lipbone ReddingHOLLY GOLIGHTLY started her musical career in the United Kingdom as a co-founding member of all girl garage band Thee Headcoatees. Holly made her first solo album, The Good Things, in 1995. After playing with The White Stripes in the USA, and supporting them at a few London shows, Holly and her long-time US band mate Lawyer Dave, have a new side project under the guise of Holly Golightly and The Brokeoffs. The two will be performing material from their new CD called "Medicine County" which ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS619: Amanda Shires and Ben HallAMANDA SHIRES is a singing fiddle-playing Texan who just released her second solo CD called "Carrying Lightning." She deftly employs her fiddle/violin, ukulele and even whistling ... the resulting sound is a beautiful but woozily surrealistic swoon. Amanda was also recently seen in the recent Hollywood movie Country Strong where she played the fiddle player in the band backing Gwyneth Paltrow's fictional country superstar. WoodSongs alum Rod Picott will join Amanda on acoustic guitar.
BEN ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS618: Sierra Hull and Pokey LaFargeSIERRA HULL first performed on WoodSongs when she only 10 years old and played with her idol Sam Bush. A lot has changed for Sierra since and she has become an artist in her own right. At 15, she recorded her debut album for Rounder Records called Secrets. Three years and a move from her family’s home in tiny Byrdstown, TN to Boston’s Berklee College of Music later, she’s followed her debut with one of the most surefooted transitions into early adulthood put to record on her new CD ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS617: Suzy Bogguss and Ted YoderSUZY BOGGUSS is a brilliant songwriter with a suitcase full of country music hits. Some of her accomplishments include ten albums for Capitol Records, one of which has been certified platinum and three others, gold. Eight of her singles have cracked country music's top 5. Suzy is the recipient of a Grammy Award as well as several awards from the Academy of Country Music, The Country Music association, CMT, and ASCAP. Her latest release is "Sweet Danger" and she hits a new milestone with thi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS616: Bearfoot and The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn BandBEARFOOT is a bluegrass quintet that originally formed in Alaska. The band has already made a mark with four strong releases, including their 2009 Compass Records debut, "Doors And Windows" which instantly hit the top of Billboard's Bluegrass Album chart. A mere two years after their initial meeting teaching at their namesake's bluegrass camp for kids, Bearfoot earned one of roots music's most prestigious awards "Telluride Bluegrass Band Champions" an honor they share with artists Dixie Chi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS615: Celebration of Appalachia with Emmylou Harris, Darrell Scott and others part 2People have been singing about the mountains for generations. In recent years, the voices singing them have taken on a special urgency with the advent of mountain top removal. The landscape of Appalachia is changing with the times - and so are the songs. In the spirit of this music WoodSongs will tape two broadcasts in one evening on Monday, March 14 at the historic Lexington Opera House featuring an array of artists singing the music of coal country and Appalachia. Michael Johnathon concei ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS614: Celebration of Appalachia with Emmylou Harris, Darrell Scott and othersPeople have been singing about the mountains for generations. In recent years, the voices singing them have taken on a special urgency with the advent of mountain top removal. The landscape of Appalachia is changing with the times - and so are the songs. In the spirit of this music WoodSongs will tape two broadcasts in one evening on Monday, March 14 at the historic Lexington Opera House featuring an array of artists singing the music of coal country and Appalachia. Michael Johnathon concei ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS613: Great American Taxi and Michael HearneGREAT AMERICAN TAXI has become one of the best-known headliners on the jam band circuit. The band was born when singer, guitarist, and mandolin player Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon joined keyboard player and singer Chad Staehly for a superstar jam to benefit the Rainforest Action Group in Boulder, in March of 2005. They’ve made their reputation as an exciting live band and has been equated with roots rockers like the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Grateful Dead, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS612: Gary Morris and The RoysGARY MORRIS is most noted for the smash hit 'Wind Beneath My Wings." Gary has traveled a colorful path from Fort Worth, TX to the White House, Nashville to Opera Houses and beyond. Morris has long been regarded as one of the greatest tenors of our time, having performed for every President since Jimmy Carter, and also the Queen of England. His Country career produced an astounding twenty-five charted singles on the Billboard country charts, with five consecutive No. 1 hits. One of his first ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS611: Over the Rhine and David Wax MuseumOVER THE RHINE return to WoodSongs to mark their 20 year recording history with a brand new CD called "The Long Surrender." The southern Ohio-based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist Karin Bergquist new CD is a fan-funded record on OtR's own Great Speckled Dog label (named for the couple's Great Dane, Elroy). It was produced by two time Grammy winner Joe Henry whose songs they've long admired and has a guest appearance from Lucinda Williams. The so ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS610: Greensky Bluegrass and Eden BrentGREENSKY BLUEGRASS is earning recognition nationwide as a growing force in bluegrass and acoustic roots music. This Michigan band won the 2006 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition. As newcomers to the bluegrass scene, the three sought to define themselves within the framework of their bluegrass favorites while establishing a voice of their own, drawing upon an array of influences and varied musical backgrounds. Greensky Bluegrass is touring in support of their recently released fou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS609: Celebrating the Women of Bluegrass featuring Roni Stoneman, Dale Ann Bradley & Bella Betts RONI STONEMAN is a true legend of bluegrass. The youngest daughter of the pioneering country music family The Stonemans, she became "The First Lady of Banjo," a fixture on the Nashville scene, and, as Hee Haw's Ironing Board Lady, a comedienne beloved by millions of Americans nationwide. She recently released a CD with her two sisters and was the subject of book called "Pressing On" written by Ellen Wright.
DALE ANN BRADLEY is the 2007, 2008 & 2009 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year and has ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS608: Angel Band and The LawsANGEL BAND is a group of three powerful women artists: Nancy Josephson, Kathleen Weber, and Aly Paige. No audience has been left unmoved by Angel Band’s all out, "take no prisoners" stage demeanor and rootsy, bluesy Americana songs. Performing at Bonnaroo, Merlefest, the Philadelphia Folk Festival and other high profile events, this band is winning over many new listeners in their travels. Their new album is titled "Bless My Sole" on Appleseed Records.
THE LAWS are a husband and wife duo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS607: The SteelDrivers and Molly AndrewsTHE STEELDRIVERS brand of bluegrass is intense, dark, poetic, and inescapably human. It's a refreshing reminder of the timeless power of stringband music. This group of seasoned veterans from Nashville are each distinguished in his or her own right. They are braiding their bluegrass roots with new threads of their own design, bringing together country, soul, and other contemporary influences to create an unapologetic hybrid that is old as the hills but fresh as the morning dew. The band is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS606: Jesse McReynolds and Lucky PetersonJESSE McREYNOLDS is a bluegrass master and mandolin stylist known for his musical wizardry, songwriting, singing and arranging. A member of the award-winning brother duo, Jim & Jesse until Jim's death in 2002. He has been a Grand Ole Opry member for more than 45 years, performed throughout Europe and Africa, as well as in the U.S. Multiple Grammy nominee and winner, and played mandolin on the Doors' The Soft Parade album. Co-winner of the IBMA Instrumental Recording, "Mandolin Extravaganza" ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS605: Punch Brothers and The Chapin SistersPUNCH BROTHERS return to the WoodSongs stage with a brand new CD on Nonesuch Records called "Antifogmatic." Led by mandolinist Chris Thile (founding member of Nickel Creek), the band's second CD showcases the collaborative power of this virtuosic, genre-blurring combo. The Punch Brothers' line-up includes some of the most impressive and widely respected musicians performing today: Chris Eldridge (guitar), Paul Kowert (bass), Noam Pikelny (banjo), and Gabe Witcher (fiddle). In fact, Noam Pik ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS604: Celebration of John Jacob Niles featuring Dr. Ron Pen, The Niles String Quartet, Reel World String Band, Carla Gover, Dennis Bender & Monica Dewey JOHN JACOB NILES is considered one of our nation's most influential musicians. This Kentucky native is called the "Dean of American Balladeers" and Niles's dedication to the folk music tradition lives on in generations of folk revival artists such as Bob Dylan, Jean Ritchie, Joan Baez, and Oscar Brand. At the age of sixteen Niles wrote one of his most enduring tunes, "Go 'Way from My Window," basing it on a song fragment from a black farm worker. This iconic song has been performed by folk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS603: Guy Mendilow Band and Still on the HillGUY MENDILOW BAND delivers a delightful, international blend of Israeli, Middle-Eastern, Sephardi and Blues and performs in Hebrew, Arabic, Ladino, Portuguese and English. The five members of the Guy Mendilow Band create intricate textures with berimbaus, percussion, jaw harps that would make beat-boxers' jaws drop, and Mendilow's award-winning overtone singing. The band's latest CD is "Skyland."
STILL ON THE HILL is the folkgrass duo from Arkansas, Kelly Mulhollan and Donna Stjerna. This ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS602: Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore, Gary BennettMOLLIE O’BRIEN & RICH MOORE have made music for over 30 years. After their youngest daughter went to college, they started to do some dates together which lead to the release of their debut studio album called "Saints & Sinners." Mollie took her first step into the public eye with her brother, Tim O’Brien, and has one of the most remarkable voices in roots music. Mollie shared a Grammy with a stellar bunch of bluegrass collaborators on True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe (Sugar Hi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS601: The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and The Sweetback SistersTHE TENNESSEE MAFIA JUG BAND with LEROY TROY are a frolicking fivesome that brightens up the stage with rib-tickling old time tunes. From the musical home of Bill Monroe, Bashful Brother Oswald, Stringbean, Grandpa Jones, Keith Whitley and some living country music performers, comes the most entertaining "blast from the past" since Lester Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys. They're five guys and a scrubboard, with roots as deep as wisdom teeth. They will joined on stage with the old time banjo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS600: Peter YarrowPeter Yarrow comes to WoodSongs to help us celebrate our 600th broadcast! He is the founding member of folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, and co-wrote one of the group's most famous songs, "Puff, the Magic Dragon". Yarrow also co-wrote "Torn Between Two Lovers", a number one hit for Mary McGregor. He is also a political activist and author. WoodSongs is incredibly proud to bring the legendary Peter Yarrow as the featured guest for our 600th broadcast! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS599: Rhonda Vincent and the Rage and Next Best ThingRhonda Vincent and the Rage return to WoodSongs as we celebrate her brand new CD, "Taken," released on her own Upper Management record label. With over seventy awards to their name, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage are the most celebrated band in bluegrass, with honors including a coveted Entertainer of the Year award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) and a staggering seven consecutive IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year awards. Don't miss one of the most dynamic and passion ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS598: Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Jubal's KinLUKAS NELSON and PROMISE OF THE REAL is a four-man rock and roots powerhouse that has rapidly made a name for themselves since early last year. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Lukas Nelson was born in Austin, Texas, raised on his father Willie Nelson’s famed Honeysuckle Rose bus, and now based out of Venice Beach, California. The 21-year-old Nelson is no stranger to the road, with his first trip on the bus at 5 weeks old on a tour by The Highwaymen (the supergroup featuring his father, J ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS597: Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band and Raymond McLainPETER ROWAN Bluegrass Band, Peter is a legendary bluegrass songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. He's a Grammy-award winner and five-time Grammy nominee. From his early years playing with bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and following his stint in Old & In the Way with Jerry Garcia and subsequent breakout as both a solo performer and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through his continuous stream of original recordings, collaborative projects, and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS596: 2010 Woodsongs Radio Fund Drive SpecialPlease support public radio! This one hour radio special features some of the shows best performances including Jakob Dylan with Neko Case, Brandi Carlile, Janis Ian, Odetta, Dar Williams, Sam Bush, and many more.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
WS595: Songs of Water and Megan McCormickSONGS OF WATER is an adventurous and exciting band from North Carolina. Their bluegrass textures driven by the uncommon use of the Appalachian hammered dulcimer, followed by the brooding foundation of heavy percussion makes their music rich and passionate. With band leader Stephen Roach’s world music influence, the classical background of violinist Marta Richardson, the Spanish infused guitar of co-founder Jason Windsor, and multi-instrumentation of Greg Willette, Luke Skaggs and Michael ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | |